Popular baby names in Missouri, 2021

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 2021 were Olivia for girls (345 babies) and Oliver for boys (362). Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 53,273 babies born in Missouri in 2021 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 2021

Names given at least 15 times in Missouri that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Patience: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Whitley: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Wrenley: 36 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Baylor: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Emberlynn: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Opal: 30 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kimber: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kinslee: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Berkley: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Monroe: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Colter: 29 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Briar: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Amos: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lane: 71 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gatlin: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kaysen: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Clyde: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Tucker: 103 babies, 3× the national rate
Wade: 49 babies, 3× the national rate
Tripp: 33 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 2021

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Olivia	345	–	1
2	Charlotte	334	↑1	3
3	Amelia	302	↓1	4
4	Ava	270	↑2	5
5	Emma	266	↓1	2
6	Harper	242	↓1	10
7	Sophia	226	↑1	6
8	Eleanor	223	↑1	15
9	Evelyn	216	↓2	9
10	Isabella	168	–	7
11	Avery	167	↑1	19
12	Elizabeth	163	↑7	14
13	Nora	161	↓2	27
14	Nova	161	↑1	32
15	Willow	157	↑1	39
16	Hazel	152	↑1	28
17	Paisley	148	↑3	52
18	Ella	143	↓5	16
19	Penelope	130	↑7	23
20	Chloe	127	↑20	25
21	Ellie	127	↑9	30
22	Stella	126	↑17	41
23	Abigail	125	↓2	17
24	Luna	121	↑7	11
25	Scarlett	121	↓7	20
26	Kinsley	118	↑10	57
27	Lillian	118	↓5	51
28	Mia	115	↓14	8
29	Aurora	112	↑4	35
30	Violet	111	↑5	36
31	Everly	109	↓7	50
32	Grace	108	↑13	33
33	Isla	107	new	34
34	Layla	105	↓7	24
35	Aria	102	↓12	22
36	Josephine	102	new	72
37	Ivy	101	new	49
38	Riley	101	↓6	37
39	Lily	98	↓2	31
40	Addison	96	↓11	45
41	Zoey	95	↓13	38
42	Lucy	94	↓1	48
43	Cora	92	↑5	87
44	Madison	92	↑2	29
45	Everleigh	91	↓1	99
46	Naomi	91	new	54
47	Mila	90	↓22	26
48	Aubrey	87	new	64
49	Lydia	87	↓15	89
50	Brooklyn	86	↓8	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Oliver	362	–	3
2	Henry	310	↑2	9
3	Liam	309	↓1	1
4	William	302	↓1	6
5	Elijah	293	↑1	4
6	Noah	267	↓1	2
7	James	247	↑2	5
8	Benjamin	232	–	7
9	Theodore	226	↓2	10
10	Jack	225	↑6	11
11	Hudson	223	↑1	34
12	Owen	223	↑1	22
13	Grayson	221	↑1	35
14	Wyatt	220	↓4	29
15	Asher	213	↑8	25
16	Jackson	213	↑2	14
17	Lincoln	206	↓6	45
18	Maverick	203	↑3	47
19	Lucas	197	↓2	8
20	Levi	184	↓1	12
21	Waylon	176	↑9	69
22	Carter	172	↓2	39
23	Samuel	172	↓1	23
24	John	171	–	27
25	Michael	168	↑3	17
26	Mason	163	↓11	18
27	Brooks	147	new	78
28	Jameson	142	↑19	80
29	Ezra	141	↑11	37
30	Nolan	141	new	60
31	Joseph	139	↑10	28
32	Leo	139	↓1	31
33	Charles	138	↓7	50
34	Cooper	138	–	68
35	Jaxon	137	↑7	54
36	Logan	135	↓7	21
37	Bennett	133	↓2	90
38	Easton	133	↓5	72
39	Luke	132	↓3	32
40	Alexander	131	↓15	13
41	Thomas	131	↓9	46
42	Aiden	126	new	26
43	Everett	125	↓4	83
44	Daniel	124	↑4	16
45	Miles	124	new	55
46	Weston	123	new	95
47	Jacob	119	↓9	24
48	Hunter	115	new	86
49	Colton	114	↓22	75
50	August	113	new	>100

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